{"product_id":"sudden-death-overtime-9781957917382","title":"Sudden Death Overtime","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Al Haas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Glass Spider Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Glass Spider Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The rifleman hunkered down behind a boulder at the top of the quarry cliff which he used to steady the .308. None of the nearby leaves was stirring. An eerie dead calm prevailed . . . He found his quarry sitting at a penitentiary picnic table, facing in his direction. He was reading Gourmet magazine-a rather punishing pastime for someone living on prison food. The rifleman chambered a cartridge and estimated the bullet's drop. He then placed the crosshairs on a spot above the bald target's old hairline. He squeezed the trigger with the gentleness of a nursing mother.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSudden Death Overtime chronicles the murderous path of an elite hit man-and the avenging path of the Philadelphia newspaper reporter, George Ennis, who pursues him after his best friend becomes one of the assassin's victims. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story begins in 1969, when the assignments of our newsman, a handsome ladies' man, take him to tear-gassed anti-war demonstrations, into the midst of an inner-city gang fight, and to a humorous \"scoop\" on the arrest of South Philadelphia's Maharajah of Marijuana. His fellow newsroom denizens include a hippie who \"can't get it all together, but brings it all in anyway,\" a paranoid loose cannon, the Mystery Shitter, and a drunken war hero from a rich family. After hours are largely consumed with hanging out in bars and searching for one-night stands. The hit man's pursuit finally ends in 1999, when the country-and the print news business-have been dramatically transfigured. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis fast-paced combination of mystery, humor, and sexuality propels the reader into a gripping narrative with richly drawn characters.","brand":"Glass Spider Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45536482263191,"sku":"9781957917382","price":830.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781957917382.webp?v=1768590740","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sudden-death-overtime-9781957917382","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}